Interland 2021 is on 28 February in the complex woods of Kattenbos, near Lommel in the very north east of Belgium. Orienteering Vlaanderen and the HAMOK club are the hosts. Besides Interland’s regular teams, we expect a team from Luxembourg to take part. The first bulletin is HERE. Once the way ahead for orienteering competition in UK in 2020 is clearer, selection policies will be published, to raise a team of 42 spanning age groups from W and M14 to W and M65.

The venue for Interland is the forest above Saint-Michel adjoining the French/Belgian border: F-02830 49°56’22.4’’N 4°09’43.5’’E https://goo.gl/maps/Zkk4uGofAKF2 Final details have been sent to all team members and reserves. The old maps of the Interland competition area are available from the following links:

The English Orienteering Council would like to thank everyone who bought cakes from their stall at the CompassSport Cup Final (and of course all those who baked them). The sale raised a total of £327. In addition, the West Midlands Orienteering Association has donated £500 to the EOC from the profits from this year’s JK which was also held on Cannock Chase.

People may not be aware that the support which we once had from British Orienteering came to an end several years ago, and we receive nothing from Sport England.
Hence these contributions to the EOC funding are very much appreciated. and will go towards the cost of sending the English teams to Interland and the Junior, Senior and Veteran Home Internationals.

The 2016 Interland Cup international against Belgium, the Netherlands and NE France is to be held on 21 February in the woods and dunes of ‘Maria ter Heide (Brasschat)’ NE of Antwerp, near the Dutch border. Bulletin 1 has been published.

The French Ligue Nord-Pas de Calais de course d’orientation (LNPCCO) have invited us to race in the Interland 2014 match to be held in the Pas-de-Calais region near Bruay La Buissière (about 50 miles SE of Calais) on 30 March. England competes annually in this six-cornered match, its only one overseas, against two Belgian teams (Flemish and French speaking), the Netherlands, the Nordrhein-Westfalische (NW Germany) team and the French. The competition will be organized by the VALMO (Villeneuve d’Ascq Lille Métropole Orientation) club, with the support of Artois RaNd’Orientation (ARO) club.